# Single-center observational analysis of a pharmacist-driven antibiotic time-out targeting antipseudomonal drugs

## TL;DR

A pharmacist-led review of antibiotic use at a hospital reduced antipseudomonal antibiotic use by 5%, potentially avoiding 1,800 days of therapy annually.

## Contribution

Implementation of a pharmacist-driven antibiotic time-out targeting antipseudomonal drugs in a community hospital.

## Key findings

- A 5% reduction in targeted antipseudomonal antibiotic use was observed.
- The reduction extrapolates to approximately 1,800 avoided days of therapy annually.

## Abstract

This study found that implementation of a pharmacist-driven antipseudomonal antibiotic time-out at a 450-bed community hospital led to a 5% reduction in the use of targeted antipseudomonal antibiotics (P = .12), which may be clinically meaningful as it extrapolates to approximately 1,800 avoided days of therapy annually.